As you can imagine, I was thrilled when a new found cousin said she would send me a copy of my g-grandparents marriage papers. Actually, it looks like 1 page in a book that has the Bond for Marriage License at the top, then the Affidavit for Marriage License, Marriage License and finally the Certificate of Marriage. It is number 89. Does this mean that they were the 89th couple to apply for marriage in Iron Bridge, Choctaw Nation? Let me see if I can explain my biggest question - James R. ROBERTSON was my g-grandfather. He married Ida C. ROLLINS. However, the name on the Marriage Bond looks like Bullins. On the Affidavit it is a toss-up between BULLINS & BOLLINS but definitely not a ROLLINS. That name shows up on the Marriage License. The writing on the license and the certificate is different from the writing on the other 2 items. It looks as if they were written by Marshall L. BRAGDON the Clerk of the United States Court. (Joseph GARLAND was the judge that married them.) So, which name should I look for - BULLINS, BOLLINS or ROLLINS? One other thing, Ida's father died in a mining accident before she grew up. Family stories has it that L. B. PHILLIP (signed the Marriage Bond w/James ROBERTSON) was her mother who had re-married. Is it possible that the "B" stood for her other married name? Oh, I think her dad died in McCurtin Co. What type of mining did they do there? It is very interesting reading this piece of paper. I was surprised at the Marriage Bond - it was $100. That was a lot of money back in 1892. Take care and thanks for any insight any of you can give me on this. Sandy P - near cool, cloudy St. Louieeee looking for ROBERTSON, HOWELL, BULLINS, BOLLINS, ROLLINS .